Our second spring training game of the 2007 season occurred yesterday. As is typical of spring training, there was a different truck and a different crew from our first telecast of a week ago.
Our production crew is fortunate that we travel our Technical Director with us for spring training. This person is our usual regular season home game TD. It is quite a luxury to be able to travel the technical director position for these telecasts because a “regular” TD is one who knows the show and this knowledge frees the TD up to be able to dress up the telecast by building bumps for rollouts, back-enders, video effects and such.
Although we had a different camera crew and tape room from our first telecast, yesterday’s crew was confident and aggressive and did a good job.
The score box operator was the same and this operator is one of the best in the country. However, there were some technical glitches with the box. For example, when the pitch was a ball, a single click on the “ball” icon occasionally caused the box to read “walk” and zero the count. Hopefully, this glitch will be corrected by our next telecast which is this coming Sunday.
I was very impressed with the audio technician. He mixed a great telecast.
Audio may be the single most important part of a telecast. The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, sounds from the dugout and the field, when mixed well, totally enhance the viewing experience. Our crew is constantly thinking of ways to upgrade our audio.
The truck and the crew were different from game one to game two, but the camera positions were the same. Because of the spring training venue the centerfield cameras (#4 – CF, #6 – Tight CF) were too low, too close together on the platform, and too much towards centerfield. The mid cameras (#1 – Mid Third, #3 – Mid First) are pretty good. They provide excellent shots of the pitcher, the batter, the dugout and are good shag positions.
After the first two spring training telecasts of this season, the Producer and I talked about utilizing a handheld camera for live shots of action and live shots of the concourse area during the game. We used a handheld camera to collect video for our prepackaged billboards during the first two spring training telecasts. So, for our upcoming telecast this Sunday, we will do a little experiment with the handheld during the telecast.
What better venue to try new methods than spring training?
We will have a different truck.
We will have a different crew.
We will try something different in our coverage.
Who knows? We may even figure out a way to enhance our regular season coverage with the use of a handheld camera.
Our production crew is fortunate that we travel our Technical Director with us for spring training. This person is our usual regular season home game TD. It is quite a luxury to be able to travel the technical director position for these telecasts because a “regular” TD is one who knows the show and this knowledge frees the TD up to be able to dress up the telecast by building bumps for rollouts, back-enders, video effects and such.
Although we had a different camera crew and tape room from our first telecast, yesterday’s crew was confident and aggressive and did a good job.
The score box operator was the same and this operator is one of the best in the country. However, there were some technical glitches with the box. For example, when the pitch was a ball, a single click on the “ball” icon occasionally caused the box to read “walk” and zero the count. Hopefully, this glitch will be corrected by our next telecast which is this coming Sunday.
I was very impressed with the audio technician. He mixed a great telecast.
Audio may be the single most important part of a telecast. The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, sounds from the dugout and the field, when mixed well, totally enhance the viewing experience. Our crew is constantly thinking of ways to upgrade our audio.
The truck and the crew were different from game one to game two, but the camera positions were the same. Because of the spring training venue the centerfield cameras (#4 – CF, #6 – Tight CF) were too low, too close together on the platform, and too much towards centerfield. The mid cameras (#1 – Mid Third, #3 – Mid First) are pretty good. They provide excellent shots of the pitcher, the batter, the dugout and are good shag positions.
After the first two spring training telecasts of this season, the Producer and I talked about utilizing a handheld camera for live shots of action and live shots of the concourse area during the game. We used a handheld camera to collect video for our prepackaged billboards during the first two spring training telecasts. So, for our upcoming telecast this Sunday, we will do a little experiment with the handheld during the telecast.
What better venue to try new methods than spring training?
We will have a different truck.
We will have a different crew.
We will try something different in our coverage.
Who knows? We may even figure out a way to enhance our regular season coverage with the use of a handheld camera.
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